{"id":105227,"date":"2021-07-15T17:50:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T22:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105227"},"modified":"2021-07-15T17:50:58","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T22:50:58","slug":"freedom-of-choice-welcome-to-the-world-of-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105227","title":{"rendered":"Freedom of Choice Welcome to the World Of Alzheimer&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\" https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105227\" rel=\" https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105227\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-105228 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/41V9iZZRPML._SX322_BO1204203200_-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/41V9iZZRPML._SX322_BO1204203200_-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/41V9iZZRPML._SX322_BO1204203200_.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>Inspired by Why The Stars Twinkle book written by Gwendolyn Taitt Relf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Joyce Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>We don\u2019t think much about what comes with the choices we make<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Blessed to live in a free country with little forethought to decisions we take<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>From dusk to dawn we exercise our freedom selecting menus, airlines, even down to our investment picks<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>There are no roadblocks to hinder us once we\u2019ve decided to make choices stick<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Then life can take a turn you have no time to be hesitant<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>A new place, a new station in life as if headed off to the guillotine; Alzheimer&#8217;s now has a new resident<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Uncertain plastered faces desperate to believe this is a temporary move<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Each step they get closer to where there is no return and stripped of their right to choose<!--more--><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>There is no longer a requirement for a license, a car, or keys<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>The mortgage is in reverse and retirement has brought you to your knees<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>No more bubble baths, perfume, or jewelry. Very sad but true<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>No more Tahoe trips, Broadway shows, and no more Mediterranean cruise<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Welcome to Alzheimer&#8217;s where there are no more happy hours with friends to enjoy<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>No Cosmopolitans, Mojitos forget Champagne or beer now Ensure replaces the Rob Roy<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Season tickets not renewed, lunch with friends not pursued as life takes a different direction<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>You get to live inside your head, wait on others to be fed, hoping not to be treated like an infection<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>A New World of \u201cDictatorship among Democracy\u201d your opinions are now silenced<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Your preferences taken away in the spirit of protection to keep you well and balanced<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>In a facility you will be taken care of with dignity kindness and lots of love<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>For God still pours out his gifts from Heaven up above<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>As every decision gets taken away in this world of Alzheimer&#8217;s you lose your right to choose<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Normalcy and certainty flutter away as you ponder all that you will lose<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Remember butterflies start off as caterpillars and the cycle of life carries on<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>We humans are forever changing until the day we are gone<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Life takes us on a journey as we lose brain matter we lose our voice<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Welcome to the world of Alzheimer\u2019s no longer freedom of choice<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by Why The Stars Twinkle book written by Gwendolyn Taitt Relf By Joyce Davis We don\u2019t think much about what comes with the choices we make Blessed to live in a free country with little forethought to decisions we take From dusk to dawn we exercise our freedom selecting menus, airlines, even down to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26956],"class_list":["post-105227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-freedom-of-choice-welcome-to-the-world-of-alzheimers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105227"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}